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Synthesizes the current understanding of the various bone disorders that accompany renal failure. Kn...
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Synthesizes the current understanding of the various bone disorders that accompany renal failure. Knowledge has accumulated quickly since the advent of dialysis and transplantation, because kidney patients can now be kept alive for decades, long enough that the bone disorders develop sufficiently to study and to pose a serious threat. Specialists from various fields discuss bone structure, the ions that are important in bone physiology, the hormones that regulate divalent ion and bone homeostasis, the several disorders that comprise renal osteodystrophy itself, and prevention and management before dialysis. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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